How do you "rotational" play
i have never rotated play between families but i see in the forums that many folks have. I think it would add a bit more depth to my play ..i tend to create characters to place in a save along with a...
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"MissyHissy;c-17666937" wrote:"wickichick;d-979839" wrote:
1. When you begin your play what rules do you abide by (if any)
2. How many characters do you play and are they usually single..married...married with kids or are they direct family members (example ..mom dad and/or siblings
3. how long does this type of play hold your interest approximately? ( for example..a week...a month ...longer?)
4. Do you usually use NewCrest so you can create your own town or do you have a favorite neighborhood and why?
5. Would you say there is any draw backs to rotational play and if yes then what would those draw backs be?
6. other then using rotational play what type of simmer are you in game...for example ...do you prefer family related play....single sims over couples...do you prefer to begin as a teen in a family or something else.
1. I don't go with rules anymore. I used to but I found that I didn't enjoy the game much if I was inflicting rules on myself. I often go by their whims/aspirations/careers etc to define what they're doing with their life, as it were. Sometimes I have an idea I want to play out, most of the time I go with the flow of the game.
2. At the moment, I think I have just over 50 sims I'm actively working with. Some are related to each other and others aren't, so I've got a kixture of single sims, couples and families.
3. Well, I started this particular save in February and I'm still playing it. I've played 4 in-game years (with the seasons on 28 days). So it's helpd my interest longer than any other save ever has.
4. I'm working in all the neighbourhoods. My favourites are Windenburg, Brindleton Bay and Britechester because I just love the feel from all three worlds.
5. Probably relationship culling. It's not a major problem for me, because friendships fade over time anyway and I've noticed that the friendships I've worked hard at haven't faded, which is good. So probably the relationship culling is a slight drawback.
6. Family-related play is my absolute favourite but I'm enjoying all aspects.
Aside from your questions, my current save game actually started with me creating 8 single young adults and taking them all to University. While there, one got into an autonomous relationship with an NPC roommate, two ended up getting married and three never completed University at all (I decided that two suspensions meant they're 'expelled'). Now all eight are living and working in various towns (some are in Willow Creek but most are in apartments in San Myshuno).
Then I sent a second group of eight (comprised of NPC roommates from the first playthrough) to University and now they've started settling down with jobs, one couple are married with children.
Then I created some of the families for those students. Parents, siblings etc. I'm working with a few premade families but not many (mostly the vampires, funnily enough).
The rest have been sim families I've created in the past, made over and moved in. <3
I'm working on that sort of thing too but not so efficiently as you. @elanorbreton
Btw: Do you find that your Sims tend to replace the NPC strollers and bar visitors etc. I've got 249 Sims atm. in my game and don't see many that I haven't got in my game already. I evict some to the family's bin to get them employed in restaurants because of Dining Out inf. etc.
